Activities of Lasse LEHTINEN related to 2008/2249(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social Responsibility of subcontracting undertakings in production chains (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on the social responsibility of subcontracting undertakings in production chains PDF (142 KB) DOC (76 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas subcontracting may also be carried out by pure manpower firmsintermediaries, manpower firms or temporary work agencies, for example, that sometimes operate as so-called letterbox companies, which highlights the rapidly changing nature of the construction industry as a sector of rapidly changing, often fixed term employment relationships where the position of workers isnd other sectors in which employment relationships are often precarious,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes note of the outcome of the public consultation on the Commission's Green Paper “Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century”; encourages in this regard the Commission's intention to take the necessary steps to clarify the rights and obligations of the parties involved in subcontracting chains to avoid depriving workers of their ability to make effective use of their rights;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that eight Member States (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have responded to the problems connected with the duties of subcontractors as employers by establishing national liability schemes; encourages other Member States to consider similar schemes; highlights the fact, however, that implementing the rules in cross-border subcontracting processes is especially difficult when Member States have different systems in place;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the fact of a narrow scope of liability, such as a limitation to only one element of the chain, is mentioned in the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions' study as one reason for arrangements being ineffective;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to launch an impact assessment on the added value and feasibility of a Community instrument on chain liability as a way of increasing transparency in subcontracting processes and of securing better enforcement of Community and national law; emphasises that such a study should be cross sectoral;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the scope of the liability prescribed in such an instrument should includecover at least wages, social security contributions and taxe, taxes and damages in relation to work-related accidents;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to promote incentives for companies to make all reasonable efforts inand good faith efforts to eliminate labour law infringements on the part of subcontractorsby subcontractors, such as systems of certification and codes of conduct, including reporting to the authorities and terminating a contracts with a subcontractors which engages in illegal practices in order to avoid the possibility of being held jointly and severally liable for that infringements; ;